Researchers at Purdue University have been developing a robotic scrub nurse that is driven by gesture. They call this robot arm, "Gestix." The goal is to create a fully functional operating scrub nurse robot that one day may replace a human nurse. Researches are hoping this robot will assume two jobs that are monotonous but highly important for a nurse. One of the jobs is passing surgical tools and instruments to the surgeon and the second job is monitoring the amount of tools being used in the operation. Its to do all this, but faster than a human would. Thanks for reading and please feel free to comment below!
-original source: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/03/18/robotic-nurse-development-purdue/
